[GNC] Autosave question

[Kalpesh Patel]

I have the pre-build binaries of the 4.14 version running on Windows and it
auto saves as well. If anything it would only be the current in-flight
transaction not saved. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> 
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2026 2:29 PM
To: David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org; David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>; ?
scum buster <scumbuster at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Autosave question

I'm still using a built-from-source 4.14, and the auto-save does in fact
save the file.

At Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:42:17 +0530 "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I don't use this feature, but the documentation very clearly states:
> 
> "Auto-save time interval: This field sets the number of minutes between
each automatic saving of the file. Set to 0 to disable the auto-save
feature."
> 
> This (and the name of the preference) would strongly suggest that the
feature is supposed to, ahem, *save* the file in question, and not just toss
up a reminder. 
> 
> But, I'm sure I've misread things. 
> 
> David T. 
> 
> On October 1, 2026 8:50:27 PM GMT+05:30, David Carlson
<david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >iirc, auto save is only a reminder, not an action.  However, you 
> >should be able to import transactions entered after the last manual 
> >save using the replay logs feature.
> >
> >On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 7:56C"B